BW (13-2) moves up to #3 in this week's top 25. Etta (11-5) remains at #20. Ott (12-3) is ORV.
Early on the conference as a whole is doing pretty well with Cap being the lone team under .500 currently sitting at 4-5. Take that with a grain of salt as half those wins are in DH splits against branch schools FWIW.
Wilm dropped their first six games out of the gate, but has roared back winning 8 of 9 since then. Vittorio continues to do a really good job with the Quakers.
ONU (10-5) and Mount (11-4) are both living off of strong pitching both with team ERA just a hair below 3.00 so far. Neither has swung particularly hot bats with team BA well below .300. In Mount's case their record is a little surprising considering they are dead last in fielding % so far. Plus they are getting a ton of IP from freshmen including comprising half of their rotation.
Looking at team stats BW has a 5.40 team ERA and has given up 18 homers already. The next most is 6 by Cap and Ott. But they've also hit an OAC-leading 23 bombs too. That's a testament to how deep and talented the Jackets lineup is. Plus they're battle tested and just find ways to win close games.
Musky (8-3) is hitting a conference-best .384 in Krupar's first season. I have no clue if this is the case with this current team, but what I do know from following the OAC closely for a long time is that anytime Musky is good it's because they can rake. Small sample size so far, so let's see how conference play goes especially with a team ERA north of 6.
